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George Clooney’s attorney wife Amal could face a ban from the US under proposed new sanctions from President Donald Trump.
The top international human rights lawyer, 47, and other high-profile British attorneys have reportedly been ‘warned’ about receiving sanctions from Trump which would deny them entry to the United States, where the Clooneys own a home.
Per a Financial Times report last week, the UK Foreign Office has ‘cautioned several high-level barristers about the Trump administration leveling sanctions due to the legal advice they provided to the International Criminal Court in a war crimes case against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant.’
Trump issued Executive Order 14203 – Imposing Sanctions on the International Criminal Court in February – naming ICC official Karim Khan, who is from the UK.
He signed the orders to combat anti-Christian bias and condemn the ‘illegitimate and baseless’ charges against Netanyahu by the International Criminal Court.
Trump’s executive action added financial sanctions and travel restrictions against the organization’s officials in response to the arrest warrant for Netanyahu, which it issued in May 2024 as a result of the Israel-Hamas war.
George Clooney ‘s attorney wife Amal could face a ban from the US under proposed new sanctions from President Donald Trump
The top international human rights lawyer, 47, and other high-profile British attorneys have reportedly been ‘warned’ about receiving sanctions from Trump which would deny them entry to the United States, where the Clooneys own a home – Trump pictured Wednesday
The UK Foreign Office has ‘cautioned several high-level barristers about the Trump administration leveling sanctions due to the legal advice they provided to the International Criminal Court in a war crimes case against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant’ – pictured 2024
If additional sanctions end up getting handed down, Amal – who served as a special adviser in the International Criminal Court Prosecutor Khan’s investigation that led him to seek arrest warrants for Israeli and Hamas leaders, could be barred from the US.
DailyMail.com has contacted representatives for George and Amal Clooney for comment.
The ICC is an international organization based in The Hague. It investigates and prosecutes those accused of war crimes, genocide and other crimes against humanity.
‘The U.S. will impose tangible & significant consequences on those responsible for the ICC’s transgressions,’ Trump’s order states.
The warrant for Netanyahu’s arrest was pushed by Khan.
If the PM was to visit any countries like France or the U.K., he could be arrested. Khan also put out warrants for top Hamas leaders who have since been killed.
She was born in war-torn Beirut to one of Lebanon’s most famous women journalists before emigrating to the United Kingdom to escape civil war when she was 2 and becoming a British citizen.
She previously represented WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange during his high-profile his extradition battle.
Trump issued Executive Order 14203 – Imposing Sanctions on the International Criminal Court in February – naming ICC official Karim Khan, who is from the UK
In 2024, she won the Legal 500 Award for international lawyer of the year.
Clooney is qualified to practice law in the United States and England and Wales. She was admitted to the bar in New York in 2002
Amal frequently represents victims of mass atrocities, including genocide and sexual violence. She has acted in many landmark human rights cases including the world’s first trials in which ISIS members have been convicted of genocide and crimes against humanity.
